Freedom Highway is a 1965 album by The Staple Singers. The title song was written for the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march for voting rights and reflects not only on the actions of the activists but what suffering they had endured to get there, even referencing the murder of Emmett Till at Tallahatchie River. The lyrics begin “March up freedom's highway / March, each and every day.” and continue “Made up my mind / And I won't turn around." Mavis Staples reprised the song in 2008 on Live: Hope at the Hideout, which was released on November 4, 2008, the same day that Barack Obama won the presidential election.

Staples, joined by Jeff Tweedy, performed "Freedom Highway" on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert at Chicago's Auditorium Theater on August 22, 2024, on the occasion of the closing night of the Democratic National Convention. - Wikipedia

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Amen! by the Staple Singers released on Epic in 1965.

"Amen! kicks off on a joyful note with “More Than a Hammer and Nail,” one of two tracks on the album penned by Pops Staples. The celebratory spirit continues over the course of the LP, even on renditions of traditionally downbeat songs like “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” and “Mary Don’t You Weep.” One of the few exceptions is the somber “Be Careful of the Stones That You Throw,” a recitation featuring a rare lead turn by son/brother Pervis Staples. "

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https://www.rebeatmag.com/album-the-staple-singers-amenwhy/

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The 25th Day of December Review by Steve Leggett

...Recorded in 1962 at Universal Studios in Chicago, the album features the classic Staple Singers lineup of Pops, Mavis, Yvonne, and Pervis Staples on vocals, with Pops doubling on his trademark reverb-drenched guitar alongside Maceo Woods on organ and Al Duncan on drums. The arrangements are simple and natural, leaving plenty of room for the vocals, and versions here of "The Last Month of the Year," "Joy to the World," and Thomas Dorsey's "The Savior Is Born" are nothing short of an easy, natural perfection. Pops' spooky guitar work gives extra atmosphere to the lightly funky "No Room at the Inn" and the gorgeous rendition of "Silent Night" that ends the album.,,

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